Heating system



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HEATING SYSTEM Filed Sept; 19, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Attorney:

Patented Mar. 13,

UNITED" STAT s PAT ENT OFFICE;

HEATING SYSTEM Leslie A. Buell, Holly, Mich.

Application September 19, 1947, Serial No. 775,035

2 Claims. 1

The present invention relates to a heating system and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements of parts herein described and claimed.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a heating system especially adapted for use in buildings, particularly dwelling houses, having no basements.

A further object of the invention is the provision of novel means for concealing the supply pipes furnishing water or steam to a radiator in a system of the character set forth.

Another object of the invention is the provision of novel removable blocks to provide access to the concealed pipes in a device of the character set forth.

A further object of the invention is the provision of novel means for concealing the supply pipes aforesaid where they pass beneath or adjacent a door.

Other and further objects of the invention will become apparent from a reading of the following specification taken in conjunction with the drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a building having an embodiment of the invention therein,

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken along line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a prospective view of an element of r the invention,

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 4-4 of Figure 2,

Figure 5 is.an enlarged sectional view taken along line 5-5 of Figure 1, and

Figure 6 is a perspective view of another element of the invention.

Generally, the system provides for a shallow trough to be placed at the juncture of the floor and wall of a building having no basement. In the trough is laid the supply pipe for a series of radiators. At the unions of the pipe special removable blocks are provided so that access may be had thereto and an especially designed block is provided for covering the pipe wherever it passes a point adjacent a door.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, there is shown therein a building l0 having a floor I l of cement or the like and walls [2 which may be of cinder block or other constructions. The inner wall is composed of furring 13 over which plasterboard i4 is placed and it will be seen, by reference to Figure 4, that the furring and plasterboard terminate at a distance above the floor II. The remainder of the distance to the floor is covered by a mopboard l5 which is fastened to the plasterboard and furring by means of screws l6. Adjacent the wall l2 and below the inner wall,'the floor H is cut away to form a trough IT in which are laid the supply pipes l8 of the heating system. The supply pipes l8 are connected by means of unions I9 and the floor II is cut away adjacent such unions at an angle to the vertical, as indicated at 20, and a shoulder 2| is provided at the lower end of such cut. Into such cutaway a portion of block 22 having a lower contour adapted to fit the surface 20 and 2|, as indicated at 23 and 24, respectively, is adapted to be placed.

Radiators 25 are connected by pipes 26 and 21 to the supply pipes l8 and are provided with control valves 29.

Where the supply pipe [8 passes through the trough ll adjacent a door 30 the same is covered by a cement block 3| having inverted U-shaped passage 32 in the lower side thereof.

In operation, it will be apparent that the radiator 25 in this system may be supplied with hot water utilizing a thermostatically controlled booster pump to force water therethrough and that, upon the pump becoming inoperative, the valve 28 will cut oif the flow thereto. When desired, the valve 29 may be manually operated to cut off such supply.

It will be seen that the supply pipes are fully hidden from view even though the building be without a basement for the mounting of such pipes in the conventional manner. It will also be seen that, whenever necessary, a wrench 33 may be utilized upon the unions l9 by the simple removal of a block 22 and its adjacent baseboard It to provide access to such union. It will also be seen that the blocks 3| may be cemented over to provide more complete concealment of the supply pipes.

While but one form of the invention has been shown and described herein, it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that many minor modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or the angularly extending bottom and a relatively small angularly and oppositely extending shoulder cons nested with the bottom at the trough end thereof, and blocks removably mounted in said cutaway portions, said blocks when seated in said portions completing the cross sectional silhouette of said floor and trough.

2. A heating system for houses comprising, in combination, a wall, furring upon the inner side of said wall, plasterboard upon said furring, a mopboard extending downwardly from the lower edge of said plasterboard, a fioorzhavinga trough 10 underlying-the furring; plasterboard and' rnopboard, radiator supply pipes, in said trough, union joints in said supply pipe, said floor having out-.-. away portions communicating with the troughada jacent the unions and the cutaway portions being provided with vertical sides, a relatimlyilargeo angularly extending bottorn and-a relatiyely sniall angularly and oppositely extending s'h'oulder com nected with the bottom at the trough ,endtthere 4 of, and blocks removably mounted in said cutaway portions, said blooks when seated in said portions completing the cross sectional silhouette of said floor and trough.

LESLIE A. BUELL.

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Number Name Date 516,356 McElroy Mar. 13, 1894 .1,Q3, 323 Perkins Aug. 20, 1912 1 5 1350;968 Guerin Aug. 24, 1920 FOREIGN PATENTS Number "Country Date Great Britain July 17, 1877 

